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Say you've spent the first 10 years of your life sleeping under the
stairs of a family who loathes you. Then, in an absurd, magical twist
of fate you find yourself surrounded by wizards, a caged snowy owl, a
phoenix-feather wand, and jellybeans that come in every flavor,
including strawberry, curry, grass, and sardine. Not only that, but you
discover that you are a wizard yourself! This is exactly what happens
to young Harry Potter in J.K. Rowling's enchanting, funny debut novel, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.
In the nonmagic human world--the world of "Muggles"--Harry is a nobody,
treated like dirt by the aunt and uncle who begrudgingly inherited him
when his parents were killed by the evil Voldemort. But in the world of
wizards, small, skinny Harry is famous as a survivor of the wizard who
tried to kill him. He is left only with a lightning-bolt scar on his
forehead, curiously refined sensibilities, and a host of mysterious
powers to remind him that he's quite, yes, altogether different from
his aunt, uncle, and spoiled, piglike cousin Dudley.
ISBN-13: 9780590353403
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